Raise Me Up (Mississippi South) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by darkblood 

Cover art for Raise Me Up (Mississippi South) lyrics by Lana Del Rey

When I hear this song I imagine a girl growing up on a large beautiful plantation surrounded by a dark swampy forest.She is being raised up in a wealthy family, to do what is expected of her and what has been done before by her mother and her mother before her. She doesn't want to live this life were she can't talk how or when she wants. She discovers voodoo and becomes intrigued by the dark and beautiful power that the magic gives her. Her magic summons a spirit that likes her and dances with her and presents her with a crystal necklace. She meets a guy (or perhaps that spirit in human form) whom she likes.

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